Specialty Physiotherapist - geriatric care

☞ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 11-06-2024

Location: Radcliffe North West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Staffing Recruiting Health Wellness Fitness Hospital & Health Care

Position: Associate

Job type: Full-time

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Dear candidate,

We are seeking physiotherapists that are passionate about older people and rehabilitation to fulfil this exciting new role, as specialty physiotherapist in the older persons’ active recovery service (OPARS). The OPARS seeks to minimise the adverse physical and cognitive impact of hospitalisation on older people through the application of an early and active recovery model. As part of a multiprofessional team, you will identify and undertake a comprehensive assessment of need at the point of hospital admission and deliver rehabilitation interventions to maximise the recovery of older people during their acute hospital stay. The service is designed on the basis of experimental research findings that support the use of physical activity, exercise, and cognitive stimulation in hospitalised older people to maintain physical and functional performance capabilities. This signals a transition from a traditional approach characterised by later intervention during the hospital stay and reliance on compensatory mechanisms through the use of equipment and care packages.

This Will Be Achieved Through The Following Interventions

The primary aim of the service is to ensure older people can live well and as independently as possible in their own homes following acute hospitalisation.
  • Delivery of an active recovery acute take system to identify and provide early rehabilitation interventions within the first 24 hours of hospital admission
  • Implementation of programmes that minimise sedentary behaviour during the hospital stay
  • Supporting prevention (where appropriate) and early resolution/management of delirium and other cognitive spectrum disorders through physical and cognitively stimulating activities
  • Collaborating with the Oxfordshire system’s discharge to assess service to minimise institutionalisation through their home first approach to hospital discharge
  • Engaging and supporting the healthy and active ageing theme of the department’s research and development agenda through the Oxford Allied Health Professions Research and Innovation Unit (AHPRU).
We are very excited about this new service; it will significantly contribute to improving the lives of older people through empowerment and community re-integration achieved through early and active hospital recovery.

If you are interested in this role and feel you meet the criteria, please take the time to contact me to discuss it further, or arrange a visit using the contact details in the advert.

With best wishes

Terry Cordrey

OUH Trust Head of Therapies

Therapies Clinical Service Unit (CSU)

Closing date: 21st July 2021

Planned interview date: to be confirmed

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Terry Cordrey Job title: Head of Therapies Email address: terry.cordrey@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07970102741
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Deadline: 26-07-2024

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